By LISA MONTI On his last day working as a Mississippi River boat captain, Michael White talked about his next career move — taking the helm of a paddle wheeler he’s bringing to the Mississippi coast this month. White and his wife, Dayna, both Gulfport natives, are the new owners of t

By LISA MONTI Given the fact that golf carts have become such a popular way to get around Bay St. Louis, especially on sunny weekends when Old Town’s bars, restaurants and shops are in full swing, the Mississippi Coast city’s motto “A Place Apart” could easily morph into “A Place of C

CLEVELAND, MISS. — Jake Brown crooned the Mississippi blues to a nearly all-black audience on the outskirts of town, his guitar filling the darkened club with pangs of heartbreak and regret. Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be th

Gaming brands meet to discuss future of skill-based games Number of skill-based games will ramp up in 2018 A panel of representatives from the casino industry’s best known developers met for a round-table on the future of skill-based gambling. Terminator 2- Judgement Day skill-based c

Mississippi Gaming & Hospitality Association (MGHA), the trade group that represents the interests of the Mississippi casino industry, has acquired BNP Media Gaming Group’s 50% share of the Southern Gaming Summit, giving it full ownership of the event. BNP will retain full o

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – Following a night of heavy rain and strong winds as Hurricane Nate made its way to the Coast, the Mississippi Gaming Commission has given the all-clear for area casinos to reopen. Gaming operations were ordered to be closed by 5 p.m. Saturday as storm conditi

One of the most pivotal legal battles in the gaming industry’s history will ratchet up a level when it’s heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4. That’s per a report from NorthJersey.com. The Supreme Court said this summer that it would take up the case before the end of the yea

Dream Catcher is a live casino game that has a gameshow style Prize acknowledges game-changing potential of live casino innovation Awards ceremony took place at Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas When live casino specialists Evolution launched a casino game inspired by family entertainme

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (BUSINESS WIRE) — Foxwoods® Resort Casino, the premier resort destination in the Northeast, today announced that Jennifer Johnson has been promoted from her previous role as Executive Director to Vice President of the resort’s Loyalty Marketing program. “Sinc

The Atlantis Paradise Island resort casino in the Bahamas has a new president, but we’ve yet to learn exactly what happened to the last one. On Monday, the Atlantis’ owners, Brookfield Asset Management, announced the hiring of Audrey Oswell as the resort’s new president and managing d